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Mobile Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Illustration of how gunshot detection would function in an urban area
Sensors triangulate the location of gunfire.
Credit: ShotSpotter/City of Seattle
Agency Mobile Police Department
Location Mobile, AL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

Mobile City Council approved a $640,000, three-year contract with ShotSpotter in eaarly 2022.

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News article (NBC 15)

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A system of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings that passively listen for gunshots.

Illustration of how gunshot detection would function in an urban area
Sensors triangulate the location of gunfire.
Credit: ShotSpotter/City of Seattle